Omaha daily bee., 1887-07-18
THE CROP OUTLOOK.
Condition OF the Various Grains in
Western States.


drought throughout the northwestern states
is injuring all the crops more or less Corn,
although not materially damaged so far, Is
commencing to show the effects OF the dry
season and must suffer considerably If rain
does not fall soon and in sufficient quantity.
AS result of the drought the oat crop Is
ripening too fast and will hardly make
three .fourths of an average crop IL the
drought continues. The estimate of the
average yield of winter wheat in differ
ent states from reports of threshing or
calculations of probable returns are
as follows: Sixteen counties In Illinois, Is
bushels This is a falling off of two bushels
as compared with our report of last week.
Morgan county reports yield as high as 25
bushels and Pope as low as bushels.
Twelve counties in Indiana give an average
of 15 bushels per acre. -Four Kansas coun-
ties report a yield of II bushels, but the
others report the returns as light to very
poor. For the whole state the yield Is un-
doubtedly poor. Four counties in Kentucky,
II bushels; three Michigan counties, IL bush
els. Eleven counties in Missouri report an
averaye yield of 1913 bushels. Our Ohio reports
indicate a fair to good yield of wheat, but
figures are not given. Reports from Wiscon-
sin place the yield at from IA to 20 bushels.
are as follows: Nineteen counties in Iowa
place the average at % per cent carroll,
Cass. Clayton, Howard, KeOkuk and Madi-
son counties cannot state an ave rage the
crop being almost totally destroyed by in-
sects, Eleven counties in Minnesota place
the condition at II per cent. Twelve coun-
ties in Nebraska report an average. con-
diton of ~ per cent, and seven counties in
dakota SO per cent. Insects are doing
considerable damage in some localities to
corn, chinch bugs having. as we feared, at
tackled this crop after the harvesting OF win
The average condition of crops are calcu-
lated from our reports received last week.
In the different states 1t Is as follows: Twelve
counties in Illinois report an average condl-
ton of 81 per cent; twelve Indiana counties,
93 per cent; seven counties in Ohio, 9S per
cent; fourteen Missouri counties report
the condition as high as LOG per cent,
it at l04 per cent, and twenty-four counties in
Iowa beat these figures with an average con-
dition of 103 per cent. Fourteen counties in
Minnesota report the condition at an average
report a ike average. Dakota counties lead
the whole list with an average of l2O per cent.
Six Michigan counties place their agerage at
101 per cent, and Kentucky counties report
ing teis week at 100 per cent. Nine counties
in Kansas report an average condition OF l02
per cent Pastures are suffering from lack of
rain. Potatoes and apples do not promise
much more than half crop. Hay hardly
reaches that figure.
Iowa's Crop Prospects.
DEs MONIES, Ia, July 17-The secretary
of the State Agricultural society sends out
the following bulletin of crop prospects:
Corn-There are complaints from various
portions of the state of chinch bugs working
upon the crop, but up to date no material
damage is done. With the earlier cutting OF
small grain to take 1t from these pests, the
next report may show differently. Its con-
dition, taken from l022 reports, is ia per
cent, the same as in the June report.
Broom corn-One hundred and thirty-five
reports give its condition at 100 per cent,
gain OF per cent in the past month.
Sorghum-Reports show the condition at
954 per cent gain of ~ per cent over
Winter wheat-There are reports of the
sale of the finest fields ever grown, promis-
| ing Q heavy yield. Other yields will be
varied. Three hundred and thirteen reports
give its condition at s6s4 per cent. loss of
| 81 per cent from former reports.
Spring wheat-Eight hundred and eighty
four reports give its condition at 6634 per
cent, decrease OF lss per cent from the
Winter barley-Its condition from nine
teen reports Is 14s4 per cent.
Spring Barley-Four hundred and forty.
nine reports its condition at 6S per cent, a
decrease OF ls per cent from former reports
caused by the ravages Of chinch bugs.
Winter Rye-Seven hundred and thirty-six
reports Its condition at s22S per cent, de-
crease Of about per cent.
| Spring Rye-Seven hundred and thirty-six
reports its condition at 7lA4 per cent de-
crease of nearly l8 per cent
| Oats-In various localities the crops arc
eighteen reports. sive It's condition at s214
| per cent. The June report was 30 per cent.
Flax-4A reports its condition 7SA pc
| cent, the former report at So per cent.
| TlmOthy-lt goes without saying that the
grass crop is a poor one. The condition of
| Timothy from 10ll reports Is 4S1a per cent, a
| decrease OF l6lS per cent. From the June
report compared with the season of 1886, the
| lOca in Ia prOduct nf hav alona ia ri u
$500, 600 tons.
| Clover-From 965 reports its condition 591 Ia
per cent, against per cent in June.
Weather Crop Bulletin.
| WASHINGTON July l7.-The following is
| the weather crop bulletin of the signal Office
| for the week ending July l6:
| During the week ending July 16, 1887, the
weather has been warmer than usual except
in the gulf states, northern New England
on the rae the
middle Atlantic states westward to the
Rocky Mountains. 1t has been. slightly
cooler than usual in the cotton region, and
to s degrees below normal. The sea
usual on the south Atlantic coast,
the faec coast pa1hg tSe weeks hera
has been a, deficiency in rain fall generally
throughout the agricultural districts east OF
the Rocky mountains, except In Missouri
northern Wisconsin, Colorado and Dakota
where slight, excesses are reported. The
large seasonal deficiency rain fall previously
reported in the upper Mississippi and lowe
Missouri valleys has been ,,os s,il further rim in
ranges from five to ten inches in Illinois
and Iowa. Local showers have faller
In sections of the corn belt, but no
over the entire area, and the rail
fall was not in sufficient quantity. Th'
weather has been favorable for the harvest
ing of wheat, which has been generally com
pleted, except In Minnesota and Dakota
where II is now In progress, and where al
growing crops we're Improved, In Nev
England and the middle Atlantic states tn
weather has affected favOraDly all growing
crops. Tho indications at Z a. m. to-da!
| (July ~. are that showers will occur in tn
next twenty-four hours In the western por
tiOns Of the corn belt, where they ar
greatly needed.
The Pope Loves ireland.
DUBLIN, July l7.-Manager Persice Of tn
papsl commission to-day dedicated . chape
at Wicklow. In the course OF his remark
J he said that since he had been in lreland hi
| had hoen inSpirnd with admiration for IN